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...first off, anyone who uses a prostitute is encouraging slavery of women. If you had seen the ABC show even you might have come to understand that. Even the "voluntary" and "high-end" prostitutes showed desensitization and emotional scarring that was depressing.
Any man can achieve physical satisfaction with one working hand and a can of Crisco. If he needs to go to another human being for that, he's seeking to affect that other human in some way. In the case of prostitution, he wishes to change a sentient being into a piece of Howard Stern's Kleenex; something to wipe away the mess and be thrown away.
And as far as my older brother, as I kind of suggested, he was already a scumbag. Want more specifics? Okay. I could barely tolerate his presence when I learned of his robbery of my mother's house as she was out arranging my father's funeral. That was basic theft; who steals my purse steals trash, and all that. But he supported the turning of a woman into a slave, and paid money to her slaveowner. That crossed a line for me.
I'm guessing you're a modern, young man for whom lines don't exist; no difference between kicking a can or a child. Good for you. I'll keep my boundaries, thank you.
